Back-band buckle



(No Model.)

0. O. KROUSE. BACK BAND BUCKLE.

No. 539,955. Patented May 28, 1895.

IIIIIi III UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. KROUSE, OF VVILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

BACK-BAND BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,955, dated May 28,1895.

Application filed September 11, 1894- Serial No. 522,6. (No model.)

To all whom itmaty concern Be it known that I, CHARLES C. KROUSE, acitizenof the United States of America, residing at Williamsport, in thecounty of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Back-Band Buckles, of which the following isa specification.

. My said invention relates to back band buckles of the class shown inthe patent of Archer, No. 300,430, granted by the United Stgates PatentOffice on the 17th day of June, 1 84.

The invention consists in details of construction whereby themate'rialand cost of making are lessened and the appearance of thebuckle is improved, although the principle of construction is the sameas that shown in said Archer patent, and is retained in my improvedbuckle herein described.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows a plan View of the buckle in a closed position, and Fig.2 shows alike view of the buckle when opened. Fig. 3 shows a section online a, a of Fig. 1.

The device shown in the drawings includes a frame A, which is stamped orotherwise formed out of a single piece of stout sheet metal. In theupper and lower part of the buckle are slots '1 and 2 for the band. Themetal of the frame being cut round these slots so as to form loops, iscalculated to retain the band in place under the grip of the buckle.Between these slots is the bearing plate 3 of the frame and at the endsof this plate are ears 4, 4, formed on the ends of the plate, perforatedand turned up at right angles to the plate.- Onthelower edge of theframe and below the slot 2 is a hook 5, formed out of a tongue out fromthe sheet of metal which forms the frame and turned up to form a hook,which holds the chain or trace of the harness.

The clamp of the buckle consists of a piece B out also out of a sheet ofstout metal and in a single piece. Thebearing edge 6 is servided with atongue 13, which engages with the upper end of the hook and is also bentdown at an intermediate point 10 so as to bear upon the frame when theend of the tongue is in engagement with the hook asshown more clearly inFig. 3. This bend of the tongue not only serves to afford a limit to theinward movement of the tongue and causes it to accurately register withthe end of the hook, but it also serves to limit the upward movement ofthe chain or trace. The clamp is so formed and adjusted as to turn theteeth slightly aside when it is down, as is usual with this form ofbuckle clamp. The band overlies the plate and passes down through theloops under the frame parts 11 and 12 and therefore also underlies thehook. The teeth engage with the band in the usual manner. The tongue 13engages with the hook by abutting against the end of the hook, and asthe downward bend, which bears upon the plate or loop is above the endthe hook space is thereby enlarged.

I claim- A buckle consistingof a plate or frame having band slots, and ahook formed by the turned up end of the tongue on the end of said plate,in combination with a clamp pivoted in ears on the frame, said clamphaving a central tongue bent at the point 10 to bear on CHARLES C.KROUSE. Witnesses:

HENRY E. OooPER, MARGARET V. COOPER.

